Alas we awoke to heavy rain on the tent....and also the glider. Dumb to leave her out 'just in case', even though so much rain had not been expected. After a final breakfast (thanks a bunch breakfast crew - Liz, Tracey & Damon, plus helpers) a scrub was announced, and we had the final briefing/prize giving at 10am. We were all very happy to see Tim Fletcher applauded as the winner of the seventh Shenington Regionals - a very worthy winner in his libelle. Tim is very modest but I managed to hijack him in the club house for a photo.
Afterwards there was a slow, gentle tidying up, with many people waiting for their gliders and tents to dry out before 'decamping' for the year. Sad to see everyone leave as we had a fantastic week and it was great to see so many old friends again. (For those friends who didn't make it this year we hope to see you next time). A big thank you to this year's Competition Committee for organising the Regionals, and to the club members for getting stuck in and helping out so much. It wouldn't be the same without everyone's input.
During the week Damien took some great photos of the gliders, club and competitors. Do have a look either on the Regionals site (from the website) or from this link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tupperware_pilot/sets/72157652454638053